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Spurious childhood psychosis induced by schizophrenia in the parent

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Steve Aldridge  and
Gill Tagg
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We describe the case of a child presenting with what initially appeared as a pervasive developmental disorder (ICD F84.1) associated with, and in our view, induced by, schizophrenic illness in the mother. Important issues are raised for both adult and child psychiatry, in particular that the failure of the Mental Health Act (1983) to address the mother's needs adequately, left the child vulnerable to her untreated illness.

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Research Article
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Advances in Psychiatric Treatment , Volume 4 , Issue 1 , January 1998 , pp. 39 - 43
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Copyright © The Royal College of Psychiatrists 1998 

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